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A review by olicooper
Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal
4.0
This short novel was a delightful and surreal romp in the mind of the protagonist Hanta-- he has worked for 35 years at a wastepaper plant-- crushing paper and books in a hydraulic press-- all the while, stealing various volumes of books everyday-- saving them in a time of censorship in Prague.
Written in this stream of conscious style and barely enough sentence breaks to give you time to take a breath, I was not sure if I was going to be a fan. But the way the author crafts this story pulled me in. Since it is a short novel, there was not much time to find the stream of conscious style tiresome, then he starts layering in repetitious phrasing quite cleverly, adds some humor, adds eclectic and comprehensive literary references, and some dashes of philosophical whimsy.
It was an enjoyable time and worthy read.
Written in this stream of conscious style and barely enough sentence breaks to give you time to take a breath, I was not sure if I was going to be a fan. But the way the author crafts this story pulled me in. Since it is a short novel, there was not much time to find the stream of conscious style tiresome, then he starts layering in repetitious phrasing quite cleverly, adds some humor, adds eclectic and comprehensive literary references, and some dashes of philosophical whimsy.
It was an enjoyable time and worthy read.